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5813343619TropeAny artful variation from the typical expressions of ideas or words.0
5813353860SynecdocheA part of something is used to refer to the whole.1
5813353861MetonymyAn entity is referred to by one of its attributes.2
5813355764PersonificationInanimate objects are given human characteristics.3
5813355765PunA word that suggests two of its meanings or the meaning of a homonym.4
5813355766AnthimeriaOne part of speech, usually a verb, substitutes for another, usually a noun.5
5813357051OnomatopoeiaSounds of the words used are related to their meaning.6
5813357052HyperboleAn ironic overstatement.7
5813357053LitotesAn ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary.8
5813357921IronyWords are meant to convey the opposite of their literal meaning.9
5813357922OxymoronWords that have apparently contradictory meanings are placed near each other.10
5813358537Rhetorical QuestionA question is designed not to secure an answer but to move the development of an idea forward and suggest a point11
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